As you may or may not know, the SCBWI NY conference took place this weekend. I wasn’t able to attend the conference this year, but I couldn’t wait for KidLit drinks on Friday night. I’ve been seriously looking forward to this since BEA, which was the last KidLit drinks I attended.

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1. I'm still working on my REVISING VOICE post. I've been sharing a computer at work and trying to get my new website finished at night so I can change it over this weekend. Plus I have something timely I want to discuss today (see bullet point #4) Therefore, I will be posting about revising voice on Monday. Get excited, it will be epic!

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1. I'm thrilled to announce that I've accepted an offer of representation from Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown! I'm so excited about her revision ideas and her enthusiasm for the manuscript (and my WIP!). I'll post more details on Monday!

2. I'm less thrilled that I have to work this weekend which kills my Harry Potter-watching plans. This means my ( Read more... )

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1. I could really use some good news right now to balance out the horrible week I've had. Horrible week isn't writing related. More like, my-arm-is-all-bandaged-and-I-can't-bend-it related.

2. After a long stint of working from home or just not working, I got booked on a 4-6 week job in NYC. This seems to happen every November. I think I'm going to ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back from the wedding and the cruise. Both were great. It was freeing to unplug for a week but also stressful because I was antsy to be connected and check my email any time I want like I'm used to. My boy did a great job taking care of my beloved DVRs and I'm almost caught up with all the shows I missed. This was a great way to show me ( Read more... )

1. I'm back to revising my book and oh, I missed it so much. I love these characters and I think these changes are exactly what the book needed! Very excited. Also making progress on my outline for nano. I took a rather long writing break over the summer mostly because I needed to recharge my batteries but also because of insane work deadlines. It ( Read more... )

Hello my name is Shana, and I have an addiction. To television. You might say I'm wasting time but the thing is, I'm really good at multi-tasking. During nano one year, I managed to keep up with all my shows during November sweeps, write 96k in one month, still read 1-2 books a week, critique someone's novel. Plus work 12 hour days. So I don't ( Read more... )